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Greens back to their dopey ways again

by McBlog2 • 27 January 2014 • Comments Off on Greens back to their dopey ways again

Green Party to push for cannabis decriminalisationNZ Herald 26 January 2014
The Green Party says it will push for decriminalising marijuana during any post-election negotiations with Labour – but also made it clear it was not a do-or-die bottom line.

Speaking after announcing an education policy for low-decile schools, co-leader Metiria Turei said the party still had its policy to decriminalise cannabis and it was one that she would like to see progress.

“I would like to progress a vast amount of our policy, and that would be one. We believe a drug-free lifestyle is the healthiest, but we don’t believe people should be convicted of a crime, adults, if they smoke cannabis. So we still consider de-criminalisation is the wisest policy.”

Her co-leader, Russel Norman, also said it should be on the table. “Decriminalisation is long-standing Green Party policy, there has been movement on it internationally as well as domestically and it will be on the table in any post-election negotiation, like our other policies.”